Monument at the site of the first organized baseball game - Hoboken, NJ
Posted by: Metro2
N 40° 44.996 W 074° 01.642
18T E 582108 N 4511452
The first game of baseball ever played... was played here in 1846!
Waymark Code: WMVA8F
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 03/22/2017
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This marker is located in a traffic island at the intersection of Washington Street and 11th Street on Washington Street in Hoboken, New Jersey. It reads:
"On June 19, 1846, the first match game of baseball was played here on the Elysian Fields between the Knickerbockers and the New Yorks. It is generally conceded that until this time, the game was not seriously regarded.
Donated by Hoboken Industry and Business Association."
Visit Instructions:
Please provide another photo of the location. You don't have to be in there shot, but you can. The photo requirement is to discourage any armchair visiting.